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Definition of Family Psocidae
1. Noun. A family of small soft-bodied insects that feed on decaying vegetation; related to booklice.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Corrodentia, Order Corrodentia, Order Psocoptera, Psocoptera
Member holonyms: Psocid, Genus Liposcelis, Liposcelis, Genus Trogium, Trogium
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Psocidae
Literary usage of Family Psocidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Plagues and Pleasures of Life in Bengal by David Douglas Cunningham (1907)
"Certain small relatives of dragon-flies and white- ants, in the form of insects
of the family Psocidae, are often to be met with in Indian gardens, ..."
2. A Manual on the Study of Insects by John Henry Comstock, Anna Botsford Comstock (1895)
"Some members of the family Psocidae do not live in books, but feed upon lichens
that are found on the trunks of trees and on fences, often a great number ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"In the case of the smaller death-watches, some of the so-called book-lice of the
family Psocidae, the exact way in which the sound is caused has not been ..."
4. Insects Injurious to the Household and Annoying to Man by Glenn Washington Herrick (1914)
"There are several species of the family Psocidae occurring in dwelling-houses,
but none of them except this one apparently ever becomes numerous enough to ..."
5. Entomology for Beginners for the Use of Young Folks, Fruit-growers, Farmers by Alpheus Spring Packard (1888)
"family Psocidae.—Small insects, with short cylindrical bodies, a small prothorax,
and a swollen clypeus, resembling Aphides; wings small, ..."
6. Economic Zoology: An Introductory Text-book in Zoology, with Special by Herbert Osborn (1908)
"... which includes book lice, mostly included in the family Psocidae. The most
common form of book louse is ..."
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